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225 Autobiography quotes by 196 unique authors

The ‘I’ character in journalism is almost pure invention. Unlike the ‘I’ of autobiography, who is meant to be seen as a representation of the… — Janet Malcolm
THE WORLD OF YESTERDAY is ostensibly an autobiography but in truth it is much more than that. In this remarkably fine new translation, Anthea Bell… — Ronald Harwood
In [Yogananda's] celebrated Autobiography of a Yogi, he offers a stunning account of the 'cosmic consciousness' reached on the upper levels of yogic practice, and… — Robert S Ellwood
President Obama admitted this week that a former girlfriend that he wrote about in his autobiography was made up and not a real person .… — Jay Leno
I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing… — Jim Hodges
All criticism is a form of autobiography — Oscar Wilde
Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists. — Donal Henahan
If one loves stories, then one would naturally love the story of the story. Or the story behind the story, pick your preposition. It does… — Lorrie Moore
A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely… — Fawn M. Brodie
Memoir is trustworthy and its truth assured when it seeks the relation of self to time, the piecing of the shards of personal experience into… — Patricia Hampl
This sounds like my autobiography, but I thought this would be a good time to sound off about myself, as I think that I have… — Bob Kane
To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone. — Cary Grant
A writer's work may be a coded autobiography, but only a very close friend could decipher it. — Nina Bawden
Of my private life I have nothing to say: it does not concern others. I have always had little liking for autobiographies and have no… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
I don't want to know about my biggest idols. I don't want to read their autobiographies, I don't want to find out what they're really… — Megan Martha White
My Turn is the distilled bathwater of Mrs. Reagan's life. It is for the most part sweetish, with a tart edge of rebuke, but disappointingly… — Barbara Ehrenreich
That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more… — Benjamin Franklin
Hiring someone to write your autobiography is like hiring someone to take a bath for you — Mae West
Actually, that's one of the things I was thinking about writing a story about me, loosely based or autobiographical. I just don't want to be… — Matthew McGrory
A reflection of my feelings about the space program is found in a quotation from Charles A. Lindbergh's "Autobiography of Values." It reads, "Whether outwardly… — Robert Wise
Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography. — Hilaire Belloc
Autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. — George Orwell
I'm a Democrat voting for Bush, even though on economic issues, from taxes to government regulation, I'm not happy with the Republican positions. But we're… — Orson Scott Card
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine. — Karrine Steffans
No man could bring himself to reveal his true character, and, above all, his true limitations as a citizen and a Christian, his true meannesses,… — H. L. Mencken

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